Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Results 60 NOV: t . Oestr y Scott (Kaw); 2 . Joey Meyers (Yam); 3. Tony Coffm an [Suz]. BO NOV : 1. Gav in Washburn (Kawl; 2 . Robby W illiam s (Suz); 3. Oavid Ell er (Kaw l. BOEX: 1. Robb Butler (Yam); 2. Oave Cook (Kawl; 3 . Chris St eward (Yaml . 125 NOV : 1. Br yan Ramb ur (Kaw ); 2 . Rod Sh ields (Hon); 3. Scott Staffo rd (Hon). 1251NT: 1. Lance Len eave IKaw); 2 . Kell y Styles (Kawl; 3. Oave Cook (Kawl. 125 EX: 1. J eff Roskell ey (Kawl; 2 . Kirk Schaub (Kaw) ; 3. J oe Good (Suzl . 250 NOV : 1. J im Brow n (Suz); 2 . Ron Sty les (Kaw) ; 3 . Ste ve Hun ter (Hon) . 250 INT: t . Edw in Sim s (KTM) ; 2 . Larry Sim mon s (Hon); 3. Greg Cha tterton (Kawl . 25 0 EX: 1. Ke lly But ler (Yam) ; 2. Kevin Sch aub (Hon); 3. Jim M cCla in (Kawl . 500 NOV : 1. Scott M esser (Hon); 2 . Rand y Martin (Hus ); 2. Cliff Hulbert (Hon). 500 EX: 1. Je ff Roskell ey (Kawl; 2 . Bre nt Batt in (Hon); 3. Br uce Sl ingley (KTMI . VeT: 1. Jamie Li nxwil er (Yam); 2. Ron Soul e (KTM); 3. Bob McN abb (Yam ). Nelson smokes 'em at laguna By Randy Mana MONTEREY , CA, J UN E 30 J on Nelson took hi s Honda to firs t overa ll in th e 250cc Pro cla ss ov er Ka wa sa ki 's T erry Ba sta rd. Ba sta rd won th e I25cc Pro class rid ing hi s DM C Kaw asaki to a I- I fin ish . Arch riva l T on y Flor es wa s seco nd a nd Sa linas Yamaha rider J eff Pestana finish ed th ird o vera ll. H o n d a - m o u n t e d W . R u s sell g rabbed th e fir st moto h olesh o t in the 125cc Pro class foll ow ed by Flores a board h is Suzuki with Kawa sak i' s Bas tard in thi rd . Befo re th e firs t lap was o ver Bo stard had th e lead with a two seco nd ad va n tage o ver Flores in seco nd a nd j eff Pest a na o n a Yamah a in third . On la p five. Bos tard held a six seco nd lead OV Pestana , wh o I'r had ta ken o ver th e seco nd positi on from Flores. In the remai ni ng la p s, Pestana closed the gap between himself a nd Basta rd to three seco nds . When the whi te flag ca me o u t, Pestana p layed it sa fe a nd cruised to seco nd foll o wed by Flores. Ba sta rd hol esh o i the seco nd moro fo llo wed by Fl or es w hile Pestana wa s back in fifth . By th e end o f the fir st lap. Pesta n a m oved into third. five seco nd s beh in d leader Ba stard a nd Flores. Mid wa y th ro ug h the seco nd lap , Flores pus hed h is Suzu ki past Bosta rd to tak e the lead . Mea nwhi le. Pestan a went down droppi ng hi m to fo u rt h and n o longer a threa t to the leaders. On la p five. Bostard go t the break he was looki ng for as Flores overshot a berm giving th e num ber o ne position ba ck to Bostard , T ha t was all Bosta rd needed as he went on 10 wi n by 10 seconds over Flores with Pestana th i rd. T he first 250cc P ro mota sa w Kawasak i's Ba sta rd gra b th e lead fo llowed by D. Fr an klin aboard a H onda . Flores was th ird wit h hi s Suzu ki. A few turns lat er Flores a nd Nelson took over seco nd a nd thi rd . Go ing into th e seco nd la p. Ba sta rd mai ntai ne d a three seco nd ad van ta ge on Flores, wh o was n ow being pressu red by Nelson . But Nelson dropped h is Honda go ing int o a shar p rig ht tu rn a nd th at mis take dropped him six seco nd s beh in d Flores. By la p five Ba sta rd sti ll ha d his lead , bu t Nelson was o n th e gas a s h e passed Flores for seco nd . G o ing into th e last lap. Bostard sta lled letting Nelson by. Bostard tri ed every th ing he co u ld to reta ke the lead er to no avai l as Nel so n took th e win w i th Ba sta rd seco nd a nd Flores thi rd . Ba stard had his Ka wasa ki a ro u nd the turn fir st begi nning th e second mo ta foll o wed by Nelson in second and Yamaha mo unted Pesta na in th ird. H alf a la p lat er, Nelson o u tbrak ed Bo stard 10 take o ver fi rst. Back i n third , Pestana had his ha nds fu ll in h ol ding off a fast cha rg ing Flores . j u st before th e two sets of dou bl es, Flores made hi s move past Pes ta na . As the two riders h i t th e seco nd set of doubles, Pestana was side bv sid e with Flor es en terin g th e right turn u p a head; bot h riders co ll ided wi t h eac h o f th em hitting th e g rou nd . Flores wa s up first. bu t Fr ank lin had got ten by to take over rhird . H alf a lap la ter Pestana mo ved int o fo urth a fte r p assin g a fru strated Flor es who slid o u t o ff a j ump. I Ip front Ne lson held a five seco nd lead o ver seco nd pl ace Bastard . G oi ng into th e la st lap. 1'\t'Iso n's five seco nd lead h ad van ish ed to a mere ha lf a bikelen g th. Bo suud wa s a ll o ver the tra ck try ing to pa ss Nel so n , bu t like th e firs t mo to, ended up in seco nd . Nel son too k rh e- o vera ll with a I -I fi n ish , Bas ta rd was second o vera ll 2-2 a nd Fran kli n fini sh ed thi rd o vera ll w ith hi s [, -3. In the 500cc j u n ior cla ss. Tony Owen of Watso n vill e aboard hi s ;\h\ll o Racin g P rodu cts H o nda too k victories in both mo ros . Owen 's wi n s didn't co me easy as he had co n te nd with ea rly fa ll s a nd p la y ca tch up eac h mot o. Ta l ki ng 10 h im afte r the ra ce, Owen sa id he wo u ld m ove u p to In termed iat e next ran' . R. W ilson fini shed seco nd o vera ll with L. LedIon th ird o vera ll. W~'re liquidating our entire stock of NEW 1985 HONDAs Gold Wings 500 Shadows 700 Magnas XRs Motorscooters Ales Results All At Super Low Prices! 12 5 INT: 1. M . Lan duaf ; 2. J . King; 3. E. Sand st rom . 12 5 PRO : 1. T. Bost a rd; 2. T. Flore s; 3 . P. Pe stana. 2 50 NOV: 1. J . Au dru ss; 2. D. M eyer; 3 . T. HURRY. Rich ard s. 25 0 JR ; 1. T. Black: 2 . W . Wh it e; 3. J . Velez. 25 01N T: 1. A . Carlso n; 2 . J . Ki ng ; 3 . M . Oaws. 25 0 PRO: 1.J. Nelson ; 2. T. Bastard ; 3. O. Fra nklin. 500 NOV : t . W . Hall ; 2. A . Fry; 3 . B. Su ml er. 500 JR : i . T. Ow en ; 2 . R. Wil so n: 3. L. Ledl on . 500 INT: t . D. Sell ; 2. T. Ross; 3. T. Lakely . 500 PRO: t . G. Sm it h; 2. T. Teman : 3. D. Joice. or. 1. J . Boyd; 2. R. Clau sen . OT M AS TERS: 1. P. Bost rom; 2. E. Cabra l; 3 . D. Because at these prices they're going fast. So Stop In Today. Fie lding . . VET: 1. P. Crune nde n; 2. T. We st over ; 3. E. Ellis . VET MASTER: 1. P. Bostrom; 2. M . Lan e; 3. W . .. Braby . Clizbe claims MBMCSpring Enduro By Paul Nielsen BEL LI NG H AM. \VA, J U N E 30 Ro n C lizbe, u sed h is 400W R Husqvarna to p u t in a sm oo th , co nsisten t ride. dropp ing o n ly three poin ts o n the 62-m ile co urse. to wi n th e MBMC Sp ring Enduro . C lizbe 's effo rts nett ed h im first AA and first ove ra ll. T he Spring End uro was resch eduled a fter Trask Mounta in co ver ed it with a two -day q ual ifier. This worked ou t well , h ow ever. as much new a nd high terra in was used. Some tra ils not used for 20 yea rs were spotted wi th SIl OW pi les, which made d ea ring them d ifficu lt . Iro ni cally, 17 miles o f th e co u rse was deleted, in cluding snow d ri fts, at the req uest of property o wne r SCO tt Paper Co.. d ue to extreme fire haza rd . T he start of th e event wa s a checkpoint a nd a few riders lost points here by n o t leavin g o n time. Wi th the firs t check onl y fo u r m iles away. these lost po int s were carried , by so me , as far as th e seco nd check. Mos t riders zeroed th e firs t two checks. T h e seco nd check was the sta rt of o ne of the check-in l ch eck-o u t sections. T h e riders had to cross a bo u t 10 wa sh ou ts o n th e Big T o wer Tra il and were p rewa rned at th e meeting o f th e co n seq uences if a n a ttemp t jump fa iled . Clizbe lost o ne poi nt in this sect io n . G reg Lykke (X R250 H on da ) had a good ride. dropping two points h ere. Out 19 mi les and u p 4000 feet . the rid ers wer e trea ted to a spectac u lar vi ew : Van couv er Is land a n d the O lympics lay to th e sou th, while to the ea st was Mt. Ba ker. 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